List of governors of the Central Provinces and Berar
Below is a list of governors of the Central Provinces and Berar and the precursor offices associated with that title:
Chief commissioners of Nagpur Province and Saugor Nerbudda territories
- 1861–1862: Edward King Elliot
Chief commissioners of the Central Provinces
- 1862–1864: Edward King Elliot
- 1864–1867: Sir Richard Temple, Bt.
- 1867–1883: Sir John Henry Morris
- 1883–1884: William Brittain Jones
- 1884–1885: Sir Charles Haukes Todd
- 1885–1887: Dennis Fitzpatrick
- 1887–1889: Alexander Mackenzie
- 1889–1893: Sir Antony Patrick Macdonnell
- 1893–1895: Sir John Woodburn
- 1895–1898: Sir Charles James Lyall
- 1898–1899: Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson
- 1899–1902: Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser
- 1902–1904: John Prescott Hewett
- 1904–1905: Frederic Styles Philpin Lely[1]
- 1905–1906: John Ontario Miller
- 1907–1912: Reginald Henry Craddock
- 1912–1920: Sir Benjamin Robertson
- 1920: Sir Frank George Sly
Governors of the Central Provinces
- 1920–1925: Sir Frank George Sly
- 1925–1932: Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler
- 1932–1936: Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan
Governors of the Central Provinces and Berar
- 1936–1938: Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan (Edpuganti Raghavendra Rao from 15.05.1936 to 11.09.1936 Acting governor in place of Gowan)
- 11.09.1936–03.03.1938: Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan
- 03.03.1938–27.05.1938: Sir Hugh Bomford (acting)
- 01.06.1938–01.07.1940: Sir Francis Verner Wylie
- 17.09.1940–16.09.1946: Sir Henry Joseph Twynam
- 16.09.1946–15.08.1947: Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne
References
- ^ The India list and India Office list. Great Britain, India Office. 1903. p. 132.
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Administrators of provinces in British India
- Agra Presidency (1834–1836)
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1945–1947)1
- Assam (1921–1947)1
- Bengal Presidency (1700–1774, 1912–1947)
- Bihar (1936–1947)1
- Bihar and Orissa Province (1920–1936)
- Bombay Presidency (1694–1947)
- Burma (1923–1937)
- Central Provinces and Berar (1920–1947)
- Madras Presidency (1698–1947)
- North-West Frontier Province (1932–1948)
- Orissa (1936–1947)1
- Punjab (1921–1947)1
- Sind (1936–1947)
- United Provinces of British India (1921–1937)
- United Provinces (1937–1947)
- Bengal, Bihar and Orissa Provinces (1854–1912)
- Assam (1905–1912)
- Bihar and Orissa Province (1912–1920)
- Burma (1897–1923)
- North-Western Provinces (1836–1877)
- North-Western Provinces (1877–1902)
- Punjab (1859–1921)
- United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1902–1921)
Commissioners
- Ajmer-Merwara (1871–1947)
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1872–1945)
- Assam (1874–1905, 1912–1921)
- Balochistan (1877–1947)
- Burma (1886–1897)
- Central Provinces (1861–1920)
- Coorg Province (1869–1947)
- Delhi (1912–1947)
- Lower Burma (1867–1886)
- North-West Frontier Province (1901–1932)
- Oudh (1856–1877)
- Oudh (1877–1902)
- Panth-Piploda (1942–1947)
- Punjab (1853–1859)
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1858–1872)
- 1 Office retained following Indian independence
